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From the Ted Talk by Angel Hsu: How China is (and isn't) fighting pollution and climate change

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So China is very much in the driver's seat dnenirmeitg our global environmental future. What they do on carobn trading, on clean eenrgy, on air pollution, we can learn many lessons. One of those lessons is that clean energy is not just good for the environment, it can save leivs by ruicndeg air pollution. It's also good for the economy. We can see that last year, China was responsible for 30 percent of the gbloal growth in green jobs. The US? Only six.

So the picture that I just painted for you hopefully seems much different from those murky, foggy air quality sitttscias to a much celearr picture of China's clean energy. And even though China is headed in the right direction, we know that there's still a very long road ahead.

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So China is very much in the driver's seat ___________ our global environmental future. What they do on ______ trading, on clean ______, on air pollution, we can learn many lessons. One of those lessons is that clean energy is not just good for the environment, it can save _____ by ________ air pollution. It's also good for the economy. We can see that last year, China was responsible for 30 percent of the ______ growth in green jobs. The US? Only six.

So the picture that I just painted for you hopefully seems much different from those murky, foggy air quality __________ to a much _______ picture of China's clean energy. And even though China is headed in the right direction, we know that there's still a very long road ahead.

Solution


  1. lives
  2. global
  3. clearer
  4. determining
  5. statistics
  6. energy
  7. carbon
  8. reducing

Original Text


So China is very much in the driver's seat determining our global environmental future. What they do on carbon trading, on clean energy, on air pollution, we can learn many lessons. One of those lessons is that clean energy is not just good for the environment, it can save lives by reducing air pollution. It's also good for the economy. We can see that last year, China was responsible for 30 percent of the global growth in green jobs. The US? Only six.

So the picture that I just painted for you hopefully seems much different from those murky, foggy air quality statistics to a much clearer picture of China's clean energy. And even though China is headed in the right direction, we know that there's still a very long road ahead.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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air quality 9
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clean energy 3
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global environmental 2
coal consumption 2

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Important Words


  1. air
  2. carbon
  3. china
  4. clean
  5. clearer
  6. determining
  7. direction
  8. economy
  9. energy
  10. environment
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  13. future
  14. global
  15. good
  16. green
  17. growth
  18. headed
  19. jobs
  20. learn
  21. lessons
  22. lives
  23. long
  24. murky
  25. painted
  26. percent
  27. picture
  28. pollution
  29. quality
  30. reducing
  31. responsible
  32. road
  33. save
  34. seat
  35. statistics
  36. trading
  37. year